A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives.

Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- About the authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Section 1 -- The language of midwifery -- Section 2 -- Quick reference topics -- Abdominal palpation -- Active management of labour -- Administration of drugs -- Admission in labour -- Adoption -- Amniocentesis -- Amniotic fluid embolus (afe) -- Anaemia -- Antenatal screening -- Antepartum haemorrhage -- Antepartum haemorrhage. -- Arterial blood pressure recording -- Artificial feeds - bottle feeding -- Artificial rupture of membranes (arm) -- Aseptic technique -- Augmentation/acceleration of labour -- Basic life support (bls) - adult -- Birth asphyxia -- Apgar score. -- Neonatal resuscitation. -- Bladder care in labour -- Blood glucose monitoring (neonatal) -- Blood pressure measuring -- Bowel care in labour -- Breast expression of milk -- Breastfeeding -- Breastfeeding initiative (bfi) -- Breech -- Brow presentation -- Caesarean section -- Cardiotocography (ctg) -- Carpal tunnel syndrome -- Catheterisation -- Cephalo-pelvic disproportion (cpd) -- Child protection -- The children act, 1989 -- Cholestasis -- Chorionic villus sampling (cvs) -- Clapa -- Clasp trial -- Cleft lip and palate -- Clinical governance -- Centre for maternal and child enquiries (cmace) -- Community health councils (chcs) -- Complementary therapies -- Confidential enquiry into maternal and child health (cemach) -- Confidential enquiry into maternal deaths (cemd) -- Confidential enquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infancy (cesdi) -- Congenital dislocation of hips -- Coni (care of next infant) -- Contraception advice -- Convulsions -- Cord prolapse/presentation -- Cord prolapse - presentation at home. -- Cramp -- Cord prolapse - presentation in hospital. -- Crying baby -- Cultural aspects related to childbirth -- Cup feeding -- Cystic fibrosis -- Cystitis -- Deep vein thrombosis.

Delivery technique -- Management of third stage of labour - physiological and active. -- Management of third stage of labour - alternative active management. -- Persistent occipito-posterior position - landmarks on vaginal examination: anterior fontanelle, sagital suture, parietal bones. -- Persistent occipito-posterior position - delivery of the occiput: flex the head towards the symphysis pubis if deflexed as this -- Persistent occipito-posterior position - delivery of the chin: when the occiput has been delivered, extend the head to bring the -- Face presentation - landmarks on vaginal examination: orbital ridges, nose, cheek bones, mouth. -- Face presentation - delivery of the chin: extend the head further to allow delivery of the chin from under the pubic arch. -- Face presentation - delivery of the occiput: when the chin is released, flex the head to allow the occiput to sweep the perineum -- Diabetes mellitus -- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (coagulopathy) (dic) -- Down's syndrome -- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (dic). -- Drug-addicted mother and neonate -- Eclampsia -- Embolism -- Eclampsia. -- Epigastric pain -- Epilepsy -- Epilepsy and pregnancy -- Episiotomy -- Erb's palsy (paralysis) -- Exchange transfusion -- Face presentation -- Fainting -- Fetal distress -- Fitting -- Forceps delivery -- Frequency of micturition -- Fundal height estimation (antenatal) -- Fundal height estimation (postnatal) -- Haemoglobinopathies -- Haemoglobin composition: four iron (haem) atoms and four protein (globin) chains. -- Normal adult haemoglobin hba: 98% of adults - two alpha and two beta protein chains. -- Normal adult haemoglobin hba2: 2% of adults - two alpha and two delta protein chains. -- Normal fetal haemoglobin: two alpha and two gamma protein chains.

Abnormal haemoglobin - sickle cell trait: two alpha protein chains, one beta protein chain, one sickle protein chain. -- Abnormal haemoglobin - sickle cell disease: two alpha protein chains, two sickle protein chains. -- Abnormal haemoglobin - alpha thalassaemia minor or trait. one alpha protein chain affected (i.e. one or two genes). -- Abnormal haemoglobin - alpha thalassaemia major. both alpha protein chains affected (i.e. all four genes). -- Abnormal haemoglobin - beta thalassaemia minor. one beta chain affected (i.e. one gene). -- Abnormal haemoglobin - beta thalassaemia major. both beta chains affected (i.e. both genes). -- Haemorrhagic disease (vitamin-k-deficient bleeding - vkdb) -- Haemorrhoids -- Headaches -- Heartburn -- Heel prick - peripheral blood sampling -- Foot with sites for heel prick. -- High vaginal swab (hvs)/speculum examination -- History taking -- Hoop (hands on or poised) study -- Hyperemesis gravidarum -- Hypoglycaemia - neonatal -- Hypothermia - neonatal -- Hypothyroidism -- Identification of newborn at birth -- Incontinence -- Induction of labour - alternative and 'natural' -- Induction of labour - medical: uncomplicated pregnancy -- Induction of labour - iud -- Infection - maternal -- Infection - neonatal -- Initial newborn examination -- Insomnia -- Instrumental delivery - forceps delivery -- Instrumental delivery - ventouse delivery -- Intrauterine death (iud) -- Intrauterine growth restriction (iugr) -- Intravenous cannulation/infusion (ivi) -- Jaundice -- Jittery (twitching) baby -- Ketonuria -- Local supervising authority (lsa) -- Magpie trial -- Malpresentation - fetus -- Maternity action -- Maternity benefits -- Maternity services liaison committees -- Meconium liquor -- Medium chain acyl-coa dehydrogenase deficiency (mcadd) -- Mendelson's syndrome -- Mid-stream specimen urine (mssu) -- Multiple pregnancy/births.

National childbirth trust (nct) -- Nausea and vomiting -- Neonatal screening -- Neural tube defect (ntd) -- Obesity in pregnancy -- Occipito-posterior (op) position -- Oligohydramnios -- Ophthalmia neonatorum -- Oracle trial -- Parent education -- Partogram completion -- Perineal repair -- Perineal/surrounding area trauma -- Phenylketonuria (pku) -- Genetic inheritance, e.g. pku. -- Phototherapy -- Placental examination -- Normal placenta at term - maternal surface. -- Normal placenta at term - fetal surface. -- Normal placenta - lateral view showing two membranes. -- Abnormal insertion of the cord: battledore insertion. -- Abnormal insertion of the cord: velamentous insertion. -- Abnormal placenta - bipartite placenta. -- Abnormal placenta - succenturiate lobe. -- Abnormal placenta - circumvallate placenta. -- Lateral view of circumvallate placenta showing the amnion and the double fold of the chorion. -- Polyhydramnios -- Postnatal care/examination - baby -- Postnatal care - mother -- Postnatal depression -- Postnatal exercises -- Post-partum haemorrhage - primary -- Post-partum haemorrhage - secondary -- Post-partum haemorrhage - primary. -- Pregnancy-induced hypertension (pih) and pre-eclampsia -- Post-partum haemorrhage - secondary. -- Pre-labour or premature rupture of membranes (prom) -- Preterm baby -- Preterm labour -- Primary care trusts (pcts) -- Prolonged labour - first stage -- Prolonged labour - second stage -- Pruritus -- Pudendal nerve block -- Pulse taking -- Relaxation techniques -- Respiratory distress syndrome (rds) (surfacant deficiency syndrome [sds]) -- Resuscitation of newborn -- Retained placenta -- Retained placenta - at home. -- Retained placenta - in hospital. -- Retinopathy of the newborn -- Safe motherhood initiative -- Sexually transmitted infection (sti) -- Sheehan's syndrome -- Shoulder dystocia -- Shoulder dystocia.

Sickle cell disease -- Small-for-gestational-age baby (sga) -- Smoking and pregnancy -- Stillbirth -- Stillbirth and neonatal death society (sands) -- Strategic health authorities (shas) -- Substance-abusing mother and baby -- Sudden infant death syndrome (sids) -- Symphysis pubis pain/sacro-iliac pain -- Talipes equinovarus -- Teenage pregnancy -- Temperature-taking -- Tentorial tear -- Term breech trial -- Thalassaemia -- Thrombosis and thromboembolism -- Thrombophlebitis -- Transverse/oblique lie -- Twins -- Urinary tract infection - uti -- Uterine inversion -- Uterine rupture -- Uterine inversion. -- Uterine rupture. -- Vaginal examination (ve) -- Stations of the head in the pelvis. -- Varicose veins -- Venepuncture -- Ventouse delivery -- Vomiting -- Winterton report (1992) -- References.

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